The outgoing year has been so full of political intrigues, judicial controversies and security matters that sometimes drew applause and criticisms. Despite the news that the country had eased out of recession, the economy still wobbled with high inflation rate and unemployment. The climax of the economic woes is the lingering fuel scarcity, which has…

Nigeria has undergone a lot of irreversible metamorphosis from 1963 to date. The population size has increased many folds. The proportion of the contribution of agricultural commodities to revenue of the component units has drastically changed. What remained relatively fixed is the Nigeria territory, less ceded Bakassi. Socio-cultural and political dynamics have inflicted permanent changes.…

Everywhere we look there seems to be some sort of misery, sorrow, sadness, distress… difficult times of some form or another. Personal difficulties can strike at any point in time be it in your job, health matters, with the children...

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country and its biggest economy, holds general elections on Saturday. Here are five issues that could shape the results.